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subordination

noun as in subjection

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It’s associated with subordination to authority, and people don’t like that.

From Time

“This is a classic form of subordination that is characteristic of employment relationships,” it added.

As Thomas notes, many Americans’ increasing commitment to racial subordination and slavery loomed large in the background of the cases.

Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

It is a relationship of dominance and subordination that makes further conflict inevitable.

They had adopted increasingly formalized rules of racial subordination in public places.

For most of history, the subordination of wives to husbands was enforced by law and custom.

If there is any such relationship, the British people have seen no reward from it—only subordination and sacrifice.

The degree of subordination differed from the mild form of tribute-paying to that of personal slavery.

In all these charters care was taken that the new corporations should be in due subordination to the town authorities.

Our collective effort tends to break for ever this bond of subordination.

They shared in every privilege belonging to her native sons, and but slightly felt the inconveniences of subordination.

It is extraordinary with what subordination they act when they are turned out to do military duty.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subordination, such as: servitude, submission, and subservience.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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